Zenzō Matsuyama

Zenzō Matsuyama 松山 善三 Matsuyama Zenzō 3 April 1925 27 August 2016 was a Japanese script writer and film director He was born in Kobe and grew up in Yokohama After leaving school he began training to become a doctor but dropped out of medical school to take up a career in films In 1948 he became an assistant director at Shochiku studios With the support of Keisuke Kinoshita he also began writing film scripts His first filmed script was Kojo no tsuki based on the song Kōjō no Tsuki filmed in 1954 In 1955 he married actress Hideko Takamine He made his debut as a director with a film called Na mo naku mazushiku utsukushikuin 1961 He continued to work as a scriptwriter for films like Proof of the Man as well as a director He also wrote the lyrics for a song Ippon no enpitsu for Hibari Misora